Gauteng records highest number of LGE special votes

The Local Government Elections (LGE) in South Africa saw Gauteng record the highest number of special votes, with close to 265,000 cast during the two-day special voting period. This was followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 209,000, Eastern Cape with over 207,000, and Limpopo with nearly 181,000 special votes. According to IEC Chairperson Mosotho Moepya, over 1.4 million approved voters utilized special voting methods at stations and through home visits.

The Electoral Commission faced significant challenges, including reprinting 33 million ballot papers due to a Constitutional Court ruling that reinstated 181 ANC candidates and 32 other parties. Moepya emphasized the importance of maintaining free, fair, and credible elections despite the difficulties faced during the reprinting process.

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